A week after he made his Bundesliga debut as a halftime sub, 21-year-old
Californian Benny Feilhaber got his first start and went the full 90
minutes in a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen, which marked Hamburg's first win of
the season. Also in Germany, Hannover 96 (Steve Cherundolo) suffered its
first loss in five games while keeper Kasey Keller also lost, with
Borussia Moenchengladbach against Hertha Berlin.

In England, Marcus Hahnemann had his worst day since joining the English
Premier League with Reading, which was thumped, 4-0, by Arsenal. Compatriot
keeper Brad Friedel also suffered a loss with Blackburn, but Tim Howard came out
ahead with Everton, which is in sixth place. Neither Claudio Reyna nor
DaMarcus Beasley saw action as their Manchester City was thumped, 4-0, by
Wigan.